He was the son of John Guise from a family originating at Elmore Court near Gloucester.
[2] He graduated BA in 1674 and was then made a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, from 1674 to 1680, being granted an MA in 1677.
His tomb in the college chancel of St Michael's Church in Oxford was sculpted by William Bird.
[6] He is known for his scholarly work on Zeraim, an order of the Mishnah, for which he produced a Latin translation and commentary.
He made use of a wide range of Islamic literature, and particularly relied on the Arabic dictionaries of Fairuzabadi and Jauhari.